Vehicle-motor power.



L. B. McCARGAR.

VEHICLE MOTOR POWER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6. I916- Patent (1d Ma 22, 1917.

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LORBEN B. MGOARGAR, OF NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

VEHICLE-MOTOR, POWER.

and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful IIIIPIOVBIHGlltS in Vehicle-lvlotor Power; and I do declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will onable others skilled in the art to whichit appertainsto make anduse the same, reference being had to the accom -ianying drawings, and to the letters and figures oi reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an auxiliary power device for motor driven vehicles, and has for itsprincipal object ,to provide means operable by the vehicle motor for driving an auxiliary mechanism, such as a feed-mill or the like or for operating a drum wherehy I the vehicle may be drawn out of the mud under its own power.

In. accomplishing this object, I have provided improved details of structure, the pre ferred forms of which are illustrated in the acconipanying' drawings, wherein:-

1* igure I isa perspective view of itlllOtOl' driven vehicle equipped with my improvement, apart of the auxiliary housing being -broken away to show the driving mechanisin, and the driven parts.

Fig. II is .an enlarged detail perspective of the auxiliary power device, illustrating the operation of the auxiliary drivers.

Fig. III is a plan view of the same, particularly illustrating the, mounting of the auxiliaryrnechanism on the vehicle frame and the connection of'the auxiliary shaft withthe motor shaft. i

Referringmore in detail to the drawings 1- a Idesignates the front axle, 2 the front ground wheels, 3 the radiator, and 4 (Fig. III) a part of the frame of a motor driven vehicle of any ordinary construction, Fixed to the frames, and spaced from the front of the radiator is an auxiliary housing (5,

which is adapted 't'or containing the auxiliary power mechanism hereinafter described, an lijournaled in a hearing 7, and extending through the frame 4 is an auxiliary shaft 8, the rear. end of which carries a clutch member 9 whe eby the shaft may be operatively connected with the motor shaft 10 Specification 0t Letters Patent.

- 11 to operate the the opposite end of the maybe attached Application filed March 6, 1916. Serial No. 82,384

and the forward end -ot' which carries a worm-drivewheel 11: v

Journaled in hearings 1 on arms 14, that are fixed to a base plate 16, which is attached to the frame members -l, is a trans verse shaft 18, and'fixed'to said sha-tt between the hearings is a vertical worm wheel 19, that meshes with the worm-drive Wheel horizontal transverse shaft 18 when the drive wheel is in operative relation with the motor drive shaft. The

transverse shaft 18 extends heyond the ends of-the bearings 13 andfixed to one end of thcshaft is a pulley wheel 21 that is adapted for carrying a hcltZZ that may he run over a ,correspmding belt wheel (notshown') of a feed-mill or other piece of machinery, so that the said mill or machinery may be driven from the vehicle motor, and fixed to shaft 18 is a drum 24, having a cable 25 attached to and wound thereon. vided at its trec end with a hook 26 that to any suitable anchor post or the like in order that should the vehicle carrying the auxiliary power device stall in the mud, or in a position where it cannotget siillicicnt traction for driving purposes,

' the cable may he let out from the-drum and its free end attached to a suitable anchor The cable 25 is preferablyproso that when the auxiliary power device is energized, the cabled may be wound on the drum to draw the vehicle forwardly.

Under ordinary conditions the auxiliary power device is completely. housed so that it is not ohservahle, but should the vehicle upon which the device is mounted become stalled by sticking in the mud, or otherwise, the housing may be removed and the :ahle letout from the drum and attached to a suitable anchor, the auxiliary drive mechanism may then be connected with the motor shaft through the clutch and the drain revolved to wind up the cable, the winding of the cable on the drum drawing the vehicle for wardly and removing it from its stalled conditionm If it is desired todrive a mill or other piece of machinery from the vehicle motor a belt may be run over the pulley 21, and over the belt Wheel. of the auxiliary machine, and the machine driven from the belt power in the ordinary manner.

It is apparent that the Worm-drive will operate the'shaft to actuate, either the pill ley or the cable drum, and that as the aux- 1 The combination With a plate arranged vertically at the front .of

iliary device 1s connected. with the. motor shaft only when in actual use, there isno a vehicle frame, of

the frame, arms extending upwardly and forwardly fromthe plate and provided With bearings, a transverse shaft rotatable in the v bearings, .21 ormwheel on said shaft be tween the bearings, a pulley on one end of the shaft, a cable drum on the opposite end of the shaft, an auxiliary shaft rotatablymounted in said plate and extending longitudinally With the vehicle, and 'a worm drive- Wheel on the auxiliary shaft, meshing with the Worm Wheel on the transverse shaft.

" In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature.

LORREN MCGARG R. 

